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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > A fucking rat died in my wall
 
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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

 As subject says, a furry gently caress crawled inside my wall and died in this house I'm renting. It loving sucks. This place is my house and my office.

Fortunately I've sealed off the offending area and now the sweet stench of decay is only saturating my home office. gently caress this.

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

 I got some traps which I'm going to setup outside. I can't get the dead one out, but I can reduce the introduction of new living ones.

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

 This is what I get for the catch and release I did about a month back. Caught one in a live trip inside my garage and let it go. This is its revenge for the imprisonment.

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

Chief McHeath posted:

if it’s dead and in the wall how & what is the rat loving

My entire life up

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

 Protip: masking tap to seal electric outlets.

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

 I have a plan to seal off the wall (and ceiling), completely entombing the stench. About to pop out to Ace hardware and get my supplies.

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

 Right now the home is completely fine except my office space. That's the offending area which I have well sealed. My buddy and I used 4mm plastic sheet to tape off that side of the home. In addition, I have the windows open on opposite ends with a large fan drawing air through to prevent any buildup of smell.

The problem is the office space was originally built with interlocking wood panels panels on that wall which leave slight gaps which the smell is coming through. My thought is to use silicon caulk to close off every seam and gap thus completely shutting out any future odor.

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

EorayMel posted:

This can be a tough task to handle. Rats are always on the move and they could die anywhere in your house. The most likely places where you can find a dead rat are an attic and inside the walls. If you felt that horrible and disgusting smell of a dead rat, you will try to find it. You should probably need to cut a hole in the wall or to dig up insulation in the attic in order to find and remove a dead rat. So, basically, you have to use your nose like a dog if you want to locate a carcass before the smell gets even worse.

In case that rat was poisoned inside the house, it will almost certainly die inside. They could die in the walls and usually on the bottom. That’s why you need to cut a hole and take it out. Remember to wear thick gloves while removing a rat. Spray the place with the special enzyme-based cleaner which is very effective in destroying biohazard waste. After that, patch up the hole and open the windows and doors in the house. The nasty odor should go in an hour or two.

Finding and removing a rat in the attic can be trickier because of the better airflow up there. That will certainly make it a lot harder for you to detect a dead animal. The attic is very good ventilated; however, the smell of the decomposing body is strongest in the room below the very place where the rat died. Depending on the architecture of your house, removing the rat from the attic can be a problem because some places are very hard to reach, almost impossible. Attics can be narrow and tight, so it will not be a piece of cake to crawl in. If the place is inaccessible, you can cut the hole in the ceiling below the exact spot and remove a rat in that way.

The important thing is to act quickly, as soon as possible after the detection of the bad odor. Make sure that you clean all the maggots along with the dead body because in 21 days the maggots will become flies. And then you will have those annoying creatures in your house. They will not be a couple of them or a few, the whole legion of flies will bother you every day if you don’t act fast and remove the dead rat. Never touch the rat with your bare hands and you can use the mask for your face as well.

You're not wrong but my landlord already said no to ripping apart the walls. We both poked around in the attic and the crawlspace but couldn't find anything.

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

 I managed to seal all the joints in the wall boards and the smell immediately vanished.

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

 Two tubes of caulk.

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

 That rat is gonna rot inside my Tupperware wall and like it

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

 I doubt I'll ever see or smell it again

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No. 6
Jun 30, 2002

Buce posted:

why your wall have slats

Because the inside used to be outside. My office space is a converted "Florida Room"

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